Thursday, November 27, 2014
Performers who graduated from drama school in 2013 took 30% fewer jobs in the fringe sector compared with the previous year. Industry figures claim the drop demonstrates "savvy" performers a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 26, 2014
A theatre-themed cafe is to open in London's West End, which will be decorated with memorabilia from musicals. The Theatre Cafe is being launched by Jill and Joe Davey, who own London Theatr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:50AM[SHARE]Emerging directors Daniel Bailey, Rebecca Frecknall, Jesse Jones and Jo Newman have been named as the winners of this year's Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme. The initiative, a Young V…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AM[SHARE]Nigel Harman has criticised the number of new musicals that mock the musical theatre genre, claiming they have a negative impact on the sector. Harman, who recently directed the UK and Irela…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Channel 4's Utopia has scooped the best drama series prize at the International Emmy Awards. The drama, penned by Dennis Kelly and cancelled by Channel 4 after two series in the UK, beat pro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AM[SHARE]Monday, November 24, 2014
Arthur Miller's The Hook will receive its world premiere as part of the Royal and Derngate's new season, which also includes productions of The Snow Queen and Gaslight. Miller's The Hook, se…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AM[SHARE]Friday, November 21, 2014
Maureen Chadwick, the creator of TV series Waterloo Road and Footballers' Wives, has penned a new musical called Crush, which will premiere at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. The show, set…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AM[SHARE]Zoe Wanamaker is to reprise her role as poet Stevie Smith in Hugh Whitemore's play Stevie, which runs at the Hampstead Theatre next year. Stevie originally ran at Chichester Festival Theatre…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:46AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 20, 2014
Prolific US film and theatre director Mike Nichols, who was behind the original West End production of Spamalot, has died at the age 83. He was one of the few individuals to receive Oscar, E…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:15AM[SHARE]Richard Eyre will direct Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins in BBC2 drama The Dresser, which is co-produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. Eyre has adapted Ronald Harwood's play of the same na…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:05AM[SHARE]A company that ran London's Arts Theatre between 2008 and 2010 has been formally placed into liquidation, revealing debts of around £180,000 to producers and businesses. Brasrat Ltd held …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Pauline Quirke has signed a deal with Virgin Holidays under which the actor's performing arts academy will provide free classes to holiday-makers in Barbados. The Pauline Quirke Academy of P…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AM[SHARE]Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre is to undergo a redevelopment that will see prop and wardrobe facilities moved on-site, while also enabling it to increase its community work and partner…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:17AM[SHARE]Wayne McGregor is choreographing a new ballet based on the book Tree of Codes for next year's Manchester International Festival. The ballet is one of three new pieces of work that have been …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Ian McKellen, Rob Brydon and Maxine Peake have made the longlist of nominees for the BBC Audio Drama Awards. McKellen and Brydon are up in the best actor section, opposite Julian Rhind-Tutt,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:09AM[SHARE]The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama has been awarded £94,800 to expand a project it runs aimed at addressing issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Using …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:47AM[SHARE]Monday, November 17, 2014
Sunny Afternoon, Here Lies Love, Dogfight and The Scottsboro boys have been shortlisted in the best musical category for this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards, which also sees nominati…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM[SHARE]Musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is to tour the UK from May next year. The show, directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, will open at the New Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham, running fr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AM[SHARE]Friday, November 14, 2014
The Royal Shakespeare Company achieved £61.3 million of income in the last year, down from £62.6 million in 2012/13. It sold 1.7 million tickets globally, across 1,982 performances of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:44AM[SHARE]Little Angel Theatre executive director Lynette Shanbury has stepped down from her post, just two months after artistic director Adam Bennett left the company. Shanbury has joined theatre co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:14AM[SHARE]Motown tribute acts have been threatened with legal action by one of the world's biggest musical labels unless they change their names. Universal Music Group has given UK acts featuring the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AM[SHARE]Louie Spence is to join Jason Manford in the UK tour of The Producers. Spence, who has previously appeared on stage in shows such as Miss Saigon and Cats, will play Carmen Ghia in the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 13, 2014
Gustavo Ramirez Sansano has been appointed artistic director of National Dance Company Wales, with Paul Kaynes joining as chief executive. The organisation said the appointments mark "a new …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:20PM[SHARE]Producers behind the troubled Copacabana tour have insisted all cast and crew will be paid what is owed to them, with dates set for 2015 to go ahead. As previously reported by The Stage, the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AM[SHARE]Rupert Goold has hit out at directors' pay levels, claiming the profession is at risk of becoming a "middle class plaything" unless the situation is changed. The Made in Dagenham director, s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Motown tribute acts have been threatened with legal action by one of the world's biggest music labels unless they change their names. Universal Music Group has given UK acts featuring the wo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PM[SHARE]Stage Door, an on-demand radio series presented by West End stars including Louise Dearman and Killian Donnelly, will launch in January. The project was announced last year and was originall…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AM[SHARE]Christopher Biggins is to explore the history of the pantomime dame in a documentary for BBC Radio 2. There Is Nothing Like a Dame will be broadcast on Christmas day and will include archive…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:15AM[SHARE]Rebekah Gibbs, best known for playing paramedic Nina Farr in Casualty and Holby City, has died at the age of 41 following a six-year struggle with breast cancer. A seasoned musical theatre p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AM[SHARE]Tommy Steele is to star as Glenn Miller in a new musical directed and produced by Bill Kenwright. The musical, called The Glenn Miller Story, will be choreographed by Bill Deamer. Further ca…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Ticketmaster UK has appointed Gary Roden as its business development director for theatre and the arts. Roden joins the company from Parkwood Theatres, where he was managing director of the …
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